Availability of Solaris Management Commands

This series of tables lists commands that perform the same tasks as the Solaris management tools. For information on diskless client support, see Chapter 7, Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks).

Solaris System Management Commands

This table describes the commands that provide the same functionality as the Solaris management tools. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. Some of these commands are for the local system only. Others commands operate in a name service environment. See the appropriate man page and refer to the -D option.

Table 1–6 Descriptions for Solaris Management Commands

Command	Description	Man Page
smc	Starts the Solaris Management Console	smc(1M)
smcron	Manages crontab jobs	smcron(1M)
smdiskless	Manages diskless client support	smdiskless(1M)
smexec	Manages entries in the exec_attr database	smexec(1M)
smgroup	Manages group entries	smgroup(1M)
smlog	Manages and views WBEM log files	smlog(1M)
smmultiuser	Manages bulk operations on multiple user accounts	smmultiuser(1M)
smosservice	Adds Operating System (OS) services and diskless client support	smosservice(1M)
smprofile	Manages profiles in the prof_attr and exec_attr databases	smprofile(1M)
smrole	Manages roles and users in role accounts	smrole(1M)
smserialport	Manages serial ports	smserialport(1M)
smuser	Manages user entries	smuser(1M)

This table describes the commands you can use to manage RBAC from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage RBAC information in a name service environment.

Table 1–7 RBAC Command Descriptions

Command	Description	References
auths	Displays authorizations granted to a user	auths(1)
profiles	Displays execution profiles for a user	profiles(1)
roleadd	Adds a new role to the system	roleadd(1M)
roles	Displays roles granted to a user	roles(1)

This table describes the commands you can use to manage users, groups, and RBAC features from the command line. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role to use these commands. These commands cannot be used to manage user and group information in a name service environment.

Table 1–8 Solaris User/Group Command Descriptions

Command	Description	References
useradd, usermod, userdel	Adds, modifies, or removes a user	useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M)
groupadd, groupmod, groupdel	Adds, modifies, or removes a group	groupadd(1M), groupmod(1M), groupdel(1M)